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November 30, 2017

A tale of two tweets

There is an ongoing furore over a series of tweets which expose the double standards employed in the general reaction to them and the resultant fall out. As usual,...

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November 30, 2017

Former Egyptian PM blocked from leaving UAE

Former Egyptian Premier Ahmed Shafiq said on Wednesday the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was preventing him from travelling to his country after he announced his plans to run in...

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November 30, 2017

Hamas: Israeli ban on Swiss officials ‘inhuman’

The Palestinian group Hamas said Wednesday that Israel’s barring of Swiss officials from entering the blockaded Gaza Strip from Israeli territory is “inhuman”. Hamas explained in a written statement that...

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November 29, 2017

Trump criticized in Britain and US for sharing anti-Muslim videos

President Donald Trump, who campaigned to bar Muslims he sees as a security threat, on Wednesday shared anti-Muslim videos posted on Twitter by a far-right British party leader, drawing...

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November 29, 2017

France’s Macron to give Saudi Arabia extremist list

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he would draw up a list of extremist organisations to convey to Saudi Arabia after its crown prince pledged to cut their...

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November 29, 2017

Turkish gold trader details money laundering scheme for Iran

A Turkish-Iranian gold trader described in a US court on Wednesday how he ran a sprawling international money laundering scheme aimed at helping Iran get around US sanctions and...

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November 29, 2017

‘Positive’ signs in Lebanon so Hariri may withdraw resignation

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri said today that matters were “positive” and if that continued, he would withdraw his resignation next week, a statement from his press office said....

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November 29, 2017

Tunisia: Government ‘trying to control’ independent bodies

Independent bodies which deal with the fight against corruption, journalists’ rights and human rights in Tunisia have today united to condemn the government’s attempts to “marginalise” them by “emptying...

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November 29, 2017

Mubarak: I refused to let go of any inch of Egypt

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak today denied a BBC report which claimed that he had agreed to resettle Palestinians in Egypt over three decades ago. Published on the Facebook...

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November 29, 2017

The role of Syria’s internal resources in the reconstruction process

The conflict in Syria has destroyed much of the country’s infrastructure and taken out of service most of its industry and oil projects. In addition to that, it has...

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